I admire how after the first couple jokes it was dead silence...but he just hung in there and ended up having a great set. There's a lesson to be learned there.
It's pretty common in stand up. People need to be reeled in. It all reads differently on a screen. I'm not an expert, but get to watch 5 to 700 comedians a year working at a busy comedy club.
I met Jerry through Make A Wish foundation after having brain cancer at 16. I even gave him some of my jokes to review and he wrote back to me with a few revisions, but at the end he said, DON'T GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS. YOU ARE FUNNY!
Holy crap young Seinfeld is superb at working through 0 laughter in the first few seconds of his set. I'm beginning to realize the difference between bombing or not is not showing fear
lol! I know! why don't you call people names? you know, like "putz". that way we'll be sure to take you seriously and you wont sound at all like a junior high kid! and it's "hear". Stay in school Mavis Morely.
@@dennisneo1608 he rarely does, but they did a whole show on masturbation on Seinfeld. But he is a very clean comedian. I think he only said "fuck" in one bit on stage.
@Real Talk True Story It's true. Even if you didn't knew it, but you can tell when Larry stopped being a part of the TV show (after threatening several years in a row to do so, he finally did it, and quit.).
Seinfeld was able to consistently write jokes that just met the threshold of being funny. I’ve never heard him tell a joke that made me bust up laughing, but I’ve also never watched him do a set and thought that it wasn’t funny at all. He was a workhorse.
Yea well put.. it seems like he is walking the line of what he thinks is acceptable and not going further than that. Not really much risk taken. I prefer a louis ck or carlin who are going to plow over that line and drag you with them, and make you glad they did afterwards.
His confidence was amazing. It must have something to do with realizing he could get people to laugh about freakin' slippers and socks. You can do that, you got nothing to worry about.
Jerry has probably been the most naturally gifted for this type of clean comedy. He clicked from the getgo almost. If you watch Leno's career, he wasn't as good when young but by his 30s the man had mastered the artform. Jerry came out almost being a master himself.
In 1981, while this was being filmed, Michael Richards was one of the cast members on ABC's Fridays television show, where Larry David was a writer. Jason Alexander dropped out of Boston University that year and began an acting career. Julia Louis-Dreyfus was 2 years out of high school and 1 year away from joining the cast of SNL, where she would work with Larry David who was a writer there from 1984-85. In 1981, Jerry and Larry David had already known each other for a few years.
Back in the 90s I did not find him funny. Things done changed. I might be rolling on the floor with laughter, but his jokes get that "oh yeah, that's funny" instead. They're smart jokes.
? Really I feel like he was getting laughs before he even told a joke (his first joke was "can you see what the weather is like with that shot", so it was an easy crowd.
Performing by yourself is excruciating. I can only imagine how bad it is when you have to make the majority group laugh, consistently, to be considered successful. I'd be shaking and stuttering.
Jerry has a nice even smooth tempo and has great use of the English language to take everyday issues and make them entertaining hence the success of the sitcom Seinfeld.
I was there...the Roxy on the Sunset Strip. Other comedians on the bill were Howie Mandell, Maureen Murphey, Harry Anderson, Rick Overton, and Richard Lewis.
I remember watching this on HBO as a kid and holding a tape recorder up to the TV. Still have the cassette tape. I wish this whole special was on TH-cam
You can tell by his confident set he knew he was going SOMEWHERE, but he couldn’t have known he would have the show of a generation. I’m so glad I had the opportunity to see him live. Went with my best friend on my birthday in Charlotte. And lemme tell ya, that crowd didn’t give the man the crowd he deserved. Or I was too hammered to notice everyone else. I just kept standing up giving a standing o. We were the youngest ones there by a decade.
You should open a psychic reading service. Make sure your customers are at least 40 years old so all your readings can be predictions of what would have happened to them 35 years ago.
@@mpup54 How can he be overpaid from the standpoint that everyone made money off of him no matter how much he made? He got paid a gazillion for Seinfeld and its syndication. But the buyers made even more! No one has ever been left holding the bag because Jerry Seinfeld took all the money and left anyone with bills to pay. Whatever you don't like about him, he's hugely loved as a comedian. He's only overpaid because you don't think he's worth the money, but he is!
@@mpup54 I disagree. He obviously has talent and is enjoyed by millions of people. To say he is the most overpaid makes no sense, as people shell out some big bucks to see his comedy routines when he does them live. So while he might not be your cup of tea, other people obviously disagree.
I noticed that Steinfeld thing as well. Then i think the other host corrected him by saying it properly. I honestly never heard of Jerry Seinfeld until he got the tv show. This was my first time seeing this. I thought it was fairly good, especially considering how old it is by now.
Little did Jerry know that he would have the funniest sitcoms in the history of television, named after him and he would go on to become a BILLIONAIRE.
This is super star in the making. He had everything in him to make him what he has become today. Perfect comic timing, good humorous material and natural charm. He was born to rule show business.
It is incredible that he made these jokes in 1981. And here I am laughing at them after 42 years. Still funny. Even the video is uploaded 15 years ago. His jokes from the little details of the life are so relatable that you can laugh them regardless of time.
Wow fantastic! He was taking about nothing from Day 1. Now I understand why he based his TV series on that concept. Weather, socks, etc. And he made it work! Good job Jerry.
He is actually brilliant. I saw the pilot, called my husband and told him I had just seen the best show I had ever seen. His speech, his wry smile, his demeanor all funny, at least to me. Cuss words are cheap comedy
Thank God for Jerry Seinfeld too, main star, script supervisor and co creator of the show, as well as one of the most successful stand up comics ever. a true professional and living legend!
Wow, one of the best sets I've seen from him! This, and the Netflix special. At opposite ends of his career, still funny as heck. But I really like how he laughs at his own jokes more here.
Great material - delivery gets much better later on in years. But you can tell one thing for sure - here is a guy who sits down and writes jokes. It's not just about his relationships or friendships or a job or whatever - it's creative material. Love watching him work.
Jokes about missing socks are "good material". I would call that "pedestrian observation that panders to the masses". His set is tired -just like old sock jokes. He does have a funny way about him; a funny way of presenting these things; but I would call his stuff FAR from revolutionary.
The reason I like Seinfeld is that he's not false. He's largely a jerk, he's damn good at what he does and he knows it and he enjoys the rewards of his work. He won't put on a face, he will not engage with fans AT ALL, because he doesn't have to and doesn't owe anyone anything, and if he goes on a talk show he's a tough interview because he's not a good time yes man. It's hard to explain, but I appreciate him for it. He's neither an intentional asshole or a good guy, and everyone still loves him. I feel like that's the goal.
smileybone3010 I get where you’re coming from. A lot of celebrities well sacrifice their integrity to appease news outlets or make good talkshow interviews and other sorts of things. Rare to see someone like Jerry Seinfield who’s not an intentional edgelord or asshole, but at the same time doesn’t over-accommodate people with fake kindness. He just keeps it real. And that’s respectable. Similar thing with Ellen DeGeneres or 50 Cent or Will Smith. They’ll be polite but not fake and they will drop the nice guy act to defend themselves if they‘re disrespected.
I'm reading his autobiography right now and the writer talks about how compulsively Jerry rehearsed his material. Jerry apparently wasn't naturally funny(stylistically) or confident, but was an intelligent writer who simply worked harder than everybody else...and the result is....this. But watching him perform, you'd never think he had confidence issues or was someone who diligently planned every tiny little thing he was going to do on stage. He looks too natural and at ease for that.
I use to do landscape work for Todd Glass's parents and Todd would invite me and some friends to The Comedy Works In Philadelphia to see his show. One week he said this one comedian is real funny and you have to see him, it was Jerry Seinfeld. We went and saw him, it was almost this same show as this video and he was very funny. Those comedy clubs back in the early 80's were small but a lot of fun.
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I used to live by The Main Street Comedy Club in Ann Arbor, MI and, you're correct, these small clubs are great for comedy. Kirkland Teeple, Tim Allen, Scott Larose, Dennis Wolfberg, Sam Kinison, Richard Jeni. Great experiences.
amazing performance.. this is why he is who he is today and has all that fucking money seinfeld favorite sitcom ever, watched each episode at least two dozen times each
Its very interesting to see him here, knowing that he's probably poor and drives a POS car. Having no clue what his future holds. But we know! I love this!
he wasn't doing too badly he scored a role on benson after this and during the 80s he was a regular on letterman, even without his 90s show he would've done okay
Has always been able to fight through the silence until he gets the laugh, has always been able to come up with observations/write bits that most will laugh at, and when you throw in Larry David they are and unstoppable comedy duo, the best of which has ever been. Amazing.
I started this after a work to cool down and drifted off till he got a break in his act and I picked it back up. After, his charisma and confidence shines. I admire his mind and creative flow. Seems legit
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I never found Jerry Seinfeld's standup that funny. I mean, he has got great observational references. And some of his bits are funny, but I GREATLY admire his comedic timing and confidence...
Pretty cool how you can see how precise he is with his act. Nothing is left to chance. He's not nearly as smooth in his earlier years, that gives opportunity to see how he does his thing.
His jokes are apt for the time. You have to remember TV in America back then was very controlled regarding content with their Christian type regulations. But that has been Jerry’s smart approach for mass marketing, so he even did quite well in the Bible Belt states, where a lot of comics never performed or were shown.
That sums up Jerry Seinfeld's style in general. Ive never laughed too hard at a Seinfeld joke, he's not the best writer and keeps it tame. His delivery is certainly master-class though.
zalllon Comedy was considerably raunchier back in this time. It’s this day & age that’s gotten all uptight, to the point that comedians won’t even play colleges anymore. Look at Bob Saget’s performances that were basically 15 minutes of jokes about necrophilia & molesting children. Look at old episodes of All in the Family, or The Jeffersons. You couldn’t even put that on ACPBC, CBS or NBC nowadays, people would be beyond offended & flooding twitter, demanding the show be taken off the air. This was also on HBO, so the broadcasting has nothing to do with it. The whole ‘Christian’ thing didn’t really start until the mid 90’s, as a reaction to the Clinton administration. The Christian Coalition & Newt Gingrich all came out of that time.
I admire how after the first couple jokes it was dead silence...but he just hung in there and ended up having a great set. There's a lesson to be learned there.
It's pretty common in stand up. People need to be reeled in. It all reads differently on a screen. I'm not an expert, but get to watch 5 to 700 comedians a year working at a busy comedy club.
Thats his style of comedy. He is a great storyteller which leads to a punchline. I also love him bc he thinks of the most random shit.
Canned laughter added whether or not.Listen.Again with the missing sock.It never gets old.
sorry but this dude is not funny. I like his show though.
@@soundautomatic1 5 to 700? Lol that's quite a big gap lol
I met Jerry through Make A Wish foundation after having brain cancer at 16. I even gave him some of my jokes to review and he wrote back to me with a few revisions, but at the end he said, DON'T GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS. YOU ARE FUNNY!
that's awesome
Andrew Brunelle
congratulations on scamming the system.
+John DayAgain? Unlike your tumor, your humor is not likely to grow.
Rup Tratin what do you mean?
whadaya mean? these jokes are gold jerry! GOLD!
This Steinfeld guy sounds and looks a lot like Jerry Seinfeld
Must be an imposter
Now that's funny
He's a big phoney, is what he is.
Who?
Will Matthews Just like Michael Jordan.
Holy crap young Seinfeld is superb at working through 0 laughter in the first few seconds of his set. I'm beginning to realize the difference between bombing or not is not showing fear
Yeah he's probably had a lot of experience on that seeing how the guy is just as funny as a piece of wet cardboard
@@Jansk1h lol loser
@@Jansk1h considering he's the most successful comedian of all time you're probably wrong
@@paulg6274 nah, this was shit. I laugh at almost everything but this got nothing from me
Yes. And we can apply this on everthing in live
he looks like the poster boy for vandelay industries
Alice Wolfe You mean Art Vandaley?
Haha I see what you did there
@Al Pacino he was never at the dinner.
Lmao
Hahahhahahaha
funny how his voice is exactly the same now.
Henrik Bæckström haaha, exactly, is the same
But he looks like a kid here!
ever here of time and aging you putz? who IS this person??
lol! I know! why don't you call people names? you know, like "putz". that way we'll be sure to take you seriously and you wont sound at all like a junior high kid! and it's "hear". Stay in school Mavis Morely.
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My favorite thing about Seinfeld has always been that he never tells any bs made up stories. All his jokes are simply observations
Lol you didn't watch this full set
He NEVER uses foul language or sex to get a laugh!
@@dennisneo1608 he rarely does, but they did a whole show on masturbation on Seinfeld. But he is a very clean comedian. I think he only said "fuck" in one bit on stage.
@Real Talk True Story It's true. Even if you didn't knew it, but you can tell when Larry stopped being a part of the TV show (after threatening several years in a row to do so, he finally did it, and quit.).
I feel like it’s way easier to get people to laugh with dirty humor or a lot of language. It takes some real talent to be a clean comedian.
Seinfeld was able to consistently write jokes that just met the threshold of being funny. I’ve never heard him tell a joke that made me bust up laughing, but I’ve also never watched him do a set and thought that it wasn’t funny at all. He was a workhorse.
True
Dave Chappelle is the greatest comedian to ever do it
Yea well put.. it seems like he is walking the line of what he thinks is acceptable and not going further than that. Not really much risk taken. I prefer a louis ck or carlin who are going to plow over that line and drag you with them, and make you glad they did afterwards.
I know what you mean. I think his style is a little bit "old timey"- it reminds me of live sit-coms from the 1960's or late night Carson / Letterman.
Dex Ter good one
Dude wasn't scared. He knew he was funny.
David Lanham yea but that's the thing he's not
Oh he was probably nervous, he was just already a poised professional.
Yeah he started off at 500 dollar shows. Everyone knew from the beginning that this kid got comedy.
His confidence was amazing. It must have something to do with realizing he could get people to laugh about freakin' slippers and socks. You can do that, you got nothing to worry about.
Truth
Incredibly polished for his age. Kudos, Jerry.
Jerry has probably been the most naturally gifted for this type of clean comedy. He clicked from the getgo almost. If you watch Leno's career, he wasn't as good when young but by his 30s the man had mastered the artform. Jerry came out almost being a master himself.
He reminds me of a young jerry seinfeld
This is the Young Seinfeld
Marcus Gaming no shit
@@marcuzgaming9012 r/woooosh
He'd appreciated this joke, i guess 😂
@@TommyIgoURL stfu
This is gold Jerry! GOLD!
He should have opened with the ovaltine
Banya ..
If you close your eyes and just listen, you can't tell if he did this yesterday or 30 years ago.
This man will always be amazing.
timeless😩
Tristram Yeah until he does the joke about greeting cards and the fact that they cost $0.65 back then.
This is why he's the greatest comedian of all time
Excellent observation.
Jerry is nothing if not consistent. He's still the same person today as he was 40 years ago, just a hell of a lot richer :D
In 1981, while this was being filmed, Michael Richards was one of the cast members on ABC's Fridays television show, where Larry David was a writer. Jason Alexander dropped out of Boston University that year and began an acting career. Julia Louis-Dreyfus was 2 years out of high school and 1 year away from joining the cast of SNL, where she would work with Larry David who was a writer there from 1984-85. In 1981, Jerry and Larry David had already known each other for a few years.
Okay thanks
I enjoy observing his observational humour.
It's 40 years later and those jokes are still funny lol. Seinfeld is timeless
really?
Back in the 90s I did not find him funny. Things done changed. I might be rolling on the floor with laughter, but his jokes get that "oh yeah, that's funny" instead. They're smart jokes.
No they are not. You have a very low bar for humour.
god the opening was painful! and when he gets his first laugh then it all comes together. stand up must be terrifying.
it is! but it's a fantastic feeling.
watch a show called Kill Tony and see the inside of what Stand Up is like
? Really I feel like he was getting laughs before he even told a joke (his first joke was "can you see what the weather is like with that shot", so it was an easy crowd.
It's all part of the plan
Performing by yourself is excruciating. I can only imagine how bad it is when you have to make the majority group laugh, consistently, to be considered successful. I'd be shaking and stuttering.
Jerry has a nice even smooth tempo and has great use of the English language to take everyday issues and make them entertaining hence the success of the sitcom Seinfeld.
He's been successful doing clean comedy, which is great too. I can like both, but it's harder to do good comedy clean.
Steinfeld***
Good work, detective.
matt smith
Ooohhhhh ok ty
matt smith You also are describing Brian Regan, minus the TV show.
I was there...the Roxy on the Sunset Strip. Other comedians on the bill were Howie Mandell, Maureen Murphey, Harry Anderson, Rick Overton, and Richard Lewis.
The regular 80s crew. Good memory by u
Wow! Must have been amazing!
I remember watching this on HBO as a kid and holding a tape recorder up to the TV. Still have the cassette tape. I wish this whole special was on TH-cam
Wow. First time seeing this. The confidence and swagger he had even back then is stunning. He hasn't changed a bit.
This is how a legend began.
ur kidding right......he never wrote or even delivered a joke without another comic next to him so ppl would laugh and hes a legend?
Maybe learn a little something before offering your opinion and looking the fool.
Damn. Tough
@@rwgq81 Having one of the highest rated sitcoms in TV history would make him a pretty good legend
whether or not you find seinfeld funny you have to admire his poise onstage
Why?
he is on drug is why. jerry is poised he take beta blocker and meditated on himself. this how he keep calm yes?
I don't, and I do.
Daniel Wilson he owned the stage
Cocaine... it was good back then
You can tell by his confident set he knew he was going SOMEWHERE, but he couldn’t have known he would have the show of a generation. I’m so glad I had the opportunity to see him live. Went with my best friend on my birthday in Charlotte. And lemme tell ya, that crowd didn’t give the man the crowd he deserved. Or I was too hammered to notice everyone else. I just kept standing up giving a standing o. We were the youngest ones there by a decade.
He is good. I predict one day he will be on television. Maybe even have his own show.
You know who he reminds me of? Jerry Seinfeld. Maybe Jerry Steinfeld got aced out by Seinfeld and that's why you never see him anymore.
You should open a psychic reading service. Make sure your customers are at least 40 years old so all your readings can be predictions of what would have happened to them 35 years ago.
fuckyou
I think that show will grow so much popularity that the creator of said show will then get his own show
😂😂😂
at 2:01 we have perhaps the earliest instance of him asking people if they noticed something
James Wallace Have you seen this? Have you heard about this?
Good spot
1:23, "Please welcome, "JERRY STEINFELD!" lol
he wasnt even that funny back then. The most overpaid comedian ive ever seen
@@mpup54 How can he be overpaid from the standpoint that everyone made money off of him no matter how much he made? He got paid a gazillion for Seinfeld and its syndication. But the buyers made even more! No one has ever been left holding the bag because Jerry Seinfeld took all the money and left anyone with bills to pay. Whatever you don't like about him, he's hugely loved as a comedian. He's only overpaid because you don't think he's worth the money, but he is!
@@mpup54 I disagree. He obviously has talent and is enjoyed by millions of people. To say he is the most overpaid makes no sense, as people shell out some big bucks to see his comedy routines when he does them live.
So while he might not be your cup of tea, other people obviously disagree.
I noticed that Steinfeld thing as well. Then i think the other host corrected him by saying it properly. I honestly never heard of Jerry Seinfeld until he got the tv show. This was my first time seeing this. I thought it was fairly good, especially considering how old it is by now.
@@mpup54 you're talking about the King of comedy if you don't think he's funny at all than you have a terrible sense of humor.
I love how he was in command of himself and this audience even if they weren’t ready for him.
Little did Jerry know that he would have the funniest sitcoms in the history of television, named after him and he would go on to become a BILLIONAIRE.
Hes close but not a billionaire 50 million away from being a billionaire
"Are we gonna confuse him with Bozo the District Attorney? " My favorite Jerry line.
lmao
This is super star in the making. He had everything in him to make him what he has become today. Perfect comic timing, good humorous material and natural charm. He was born to rule show business.
It is incredible that he made these jokes in 1981. And here I am laughing at them after 42 years. Still funny. Even the video is uploaded 15 years ago. His jokes from the little details of the life are so relatable that you can laugh them regardless of time.
"Why didn't they hold on to this guy when they took his picture?" So good. He was destined for greatness.
"Gold,Jerry, gold"
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Wow fantastic! He was taking about nothing from Day 1. Now I understand why he based his TV series on that concept. Weather, socks, etc. And he made it work! Good job Jerry.
He is actually brilliant. I saw the pilot, called my husband and told him I had just seen the best show I had ever seen. His speech, his wry smile, his demeanor all funny, at least to me. Cuss words are cheap comedy
Nah sometimes you need some "shit piss fuck cunt cocksucker motherfucker" action to spice it up
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That first season was pretty meh imo, I'm just glad it didn't get cancelled before it turned into the best comedy in television history.
Curse words can enhance a joke that's based on emotion. That's not cheap comedy. Just cursing isn't funny, so it isn't comedy.
He is something else
A living legend
He had $8 in his pocket then, now hes worth $800 million.
+stevie6621 You sure about that lol (the before)?
Yeah I mean his jokes are probably worth about $4
Thank god for Larry David and the rest of Seinfeld cast.
Thank God for Jerry Seinfeld too, main star, script supervisor and co creator of the show, as well as one of the most successful stand up comics ever. a true professional and living legend!
who gives a toss how much money he has? you think he's in it for the money? he turned down 100 mill for the last seinfeld.
Jerry....Steinfeld.....
It's that FBI Agent!
DangAssDan That was the first thing that came to my mind. That and the pimp that was in charge of the maid service
Was that on purpose?
Somebody call Dunkey, Steinfeld is on the loose again!
We call him sen feild here
This kid deserves his own show. Neta! 👍
A show about nothing. That sounds crazy enough to actually work.
I don’t like the jokes, but his confidence and charisma are astounding. Great performer.
powabiatch stand up comedy is mostly about taking an audience on a journey.
Yeah, to me this is pretty unfunny, yet I am still entertained somehow.
Jerry Steinfeld and his neighbor, Kessler!
Wow, one of the best sets I've seen from him! This, and the Netflix special. At opposite ends of his career, still funny as heck. But I really like how he laughs at his own jokes more here.
He is the only comedian that can entertain an audience without cursing.
There are others. Bill Cosby started that whole "Cursing is bad comedy" thing and Seinfeld was a big fan of Cosbys stand up routine.
Robin Williams as well
I like that some of the jokes are ones that he'd go on to use in his show.
Great material - delivery gets much better later on in years. But you can tell one thing for sure - here is a guy who sits down and writes jokes. It's not just about his relationships or friendships or a job or whatever - it's creative material. Love watching him work.
Jokes about missing socks are "good material". I would call that "pedestrian observation that panders to the masses". His set is tired -just like old sock jokes.
He does have a funny way about him; a funny way of presenting these things; but I would call his stuff FAR from revolutionary.
Because of this man, the world is a better place.
+TEQTONYK how's that?
+Nika Gamkrelidze because he makes it so that people can be distracted from there lives
yes one jew that actually offered something instead of took
Was
Especially Syria
727 downvotes?
Who AAAAAAARE these people!?
The reason I like Seinfeld is that he's not false. He's largely a jerk, he's damn good at what he does and he knows it and he enjoys the rewards of his work. He won't put on a face, he will not engage with fans AT ALL, because he doesn't have to and doesn't owe anyone anything, and if he goes on a talk show he's a tough interview because he's not a good time yes man. It's hard to explain, but I appreciate him for it. He's neither an intentional asshole or a good guy, and everyone still loves him. I feel like that's the goal.
smileybone3010 I get where you’re coming from. A lot of celebrities well sacrifice their integrity to appease news outlets or make good talkshow interviews and other sorts of things. Rare to see someone like Jerry Seinfield who’s not an intentional edgelord or asshole, but at the same time doesn’t over-accommodate people with fake kindness.
He just keeps it real. And that’s respectable. Similar thing with Ellen DeGeneres or 50 Cent or Will Smith. They’ll be polite but not fake and they will drop the nice guy act to defend themselves if they‘re disrespected.
@@firstnamelastname364 that aged poorly
Well said.
Sounds awful.
@Juvenal Welles this is from 41 years ago, old stuff is corny
"This was back when he was good...I mean, he still good now, but he was good back then too."
--Impression of Mitch Hedberg watching this video.
Immanuel Kunt I used to do drugs. i still do but i used to too
Immanuel Kunt Your name's supposed to be a slight against Immanuel Kant? Lame.
Great then ....great now
Immanuel Kunt a
He was great early on. He was great on the show Seinfeld and he is still great today
+Dale Ming kramer
"Does anybody have a tiny sock closet?" Classic!
great quality ty for sharing!
little did they know that 8 years later this man would co-create the greatest comedy show of all time
I'm reading his autobiography right now and the writer talks about how compulsively Jerry rehearsed his material. Jerry apparently wasn't naturally funny(stylistically) or confident, but was an intelligent writer who simply worked harder than everybody else...and the result is....this. But watching him perform, you'd never think he had confidence issues or was someone who diligently planned every tiny little thing he was going to do on stage. He looks too natural and at ease for that.
Man, Jerry seriously killed it here, this feels like it could be one of his best performances
In Jerry's mind, maybe🤔😉
Nearly finished watching the whole Seinfeld series & this standup just cracks me up. A true genius
I use to do landscape work for Todd Glass's parents and Todd would invite me and some friends to The Comedy Works In Philadelphia to see his show. One week he said this one comedian is real funny and you have to see him, it was Jerry Seinfeld. We went and saw him, it was almost this same show as this video and he was very funny. Those comedy clubs back in the early 80's were small but a lot of fun.
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I used to live by The Main Street Comedy Club in Ann Arbor, MI and, you're correct, these small clubs are great for comedy. Kirkland Teeple, Tim Allen, Scott Larose, Dennis Wolfberg, Sam Kinison, Richard Jeni. Great experiences.
He always had a real way of looking at things. Not much for big laughs.. just chuckles. But he did so without cussing or putting on an act.
We clearly heard every single word. Nothing muffled.
No fast talking.
Holds the microphone well.
Good stage presence.
Timing is spot on.
It's like watching him on the beginning of his show (even then). Love Jerry 💗
You can see his genius --in both writing and delivery in his first HBO special.
7:20 That "Why don't they hold onto the guys when they take the mugshots" bit has been used more than once. Because it's gold. Gold!
Ye I remember hearing that back in the 90s as a kid and was the my fav. I did some stand up locally starting in my school and this was my favourite.
Glenn Wishart you wanna get that meal don’t ya??
ovaltine. why do they call it ovaltine?
god this is good; so clean and well-honed
Jerry, that was some funny shit. I've seen Jerry twice live and he is always the best
Wow, he started off and you could here a pin drop!
Hear
@DH Hear
Watching a stand up special from 1981 in 2017 :)
Jeremy Lewis I’m watching in 2018 bruh
I just discovered TH-cam. We can watch things from the past. Far fuckin' out.
2019
Jeremy Lewis 2020
Gotta say, "Why didn't they hold onto 'im while they were takin' the picture," is one of my fave parts.
This bit was also in a Seinfeld episode
Imagine being at this show not knowing you're witnessing an important figure in pop culture television history
amazing performance.. this is why he is who he is today and has all that fucking money
seinfeld favorite sitcom ever, watched each episode at least two dozen times each
Danny Z. ....but are you master of your own domain?
Its very interesting to see him here, knowing that he's probably poor and drives a POS car. Having no clue what his future holds. But we know!
I love this!
@The Crystal Crypt Someone helped him get that coat.
He's Jewish, he was never poor.
he wasn't doing too badly he scored a role on benson after this and during the 80s he was a regular on letterman, even without his 90s show he would've done okay
wow, really? I honestly never thought of that. I don't know what hbo is so I don't know... if that was really his start or not. cool.
Has always been able to fight through the silence until he gets the laugh, has always been able to come up with observations/write bits that most will laugh at, and when you throw in Larry David they are and unstoppable comedy duo, the best of which has ever been. Amazing.
He creatively picks out the funny in everyday situations. Hats off
What's funny is a lot of people who look at this probably have no idea who the Smothers Brothers are, and of course Jerry "Steinfeld" is a legend.
That's hilarious - you should have written for Jerry.
It's amazing how polished and established his act was by the time of his debut.
No it isn't amazing. This opportunity would never be given to a comedian who didnt have their shit together...
I started this after a work to cool down and drifted off till he got a break in his act and I picked it back up. After, his charisma and confidence shines. I admire his mind and creative flow. Seems legit
I like how it still holds up
He looks like he's from John Travolta's gene pool
He does doesn't he.
Yeah no, not really.
Dat mouf do tho
Condidering ones Italian and ones Jewish its unlikely but he is channeling Tony Manero with that hair.
Crazy how young he is with the same delivery to this day. He’s clean and finds the simple problems in the world and makes it funny.
The shirt just didn’t work for me. He should have tried one of those hip puffy ones.
He doesn't want to be a pirate!
Hahahahahahhahahahahahhaha
What a great new voice for comedy. We here at NBC want to be in the Jerry Seinfeld business.
"You go to the mall and you have twenty bucks, thirty bucks, and buy some shoes and a book..." Wow, take me back to those days.
Still works for me.
@Žööky Wįlldé The value of the dollar was actually destroyed deliberately by the gov. Capitalism has created enough deflation that we are as comfortable as we are.
cool, unexpected bonus smothers brothers, nice
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6:28 the first and so far only recorded instance of Jerry Seinfeld saying "who are these people?"
After 30 years i still laugh my pants out. To good
"Steinfield" lol
that was said in one of the seinfeld episodes once.
I never found Jerry Seinfeld's standup that funny. I mean, he has got great observational references. And some of his bits are funny, but I GREATLY admire his comedic timing and confidence...
Just saw him perform in NYC last night; so funny; he has more energy than he did
42 years ago.
Dear interwebs...
its 2021 and I've never seen this.
Thank you
5:18 Like him or not, he had insight to the demise of shopping malls
He just hits your funny bone in the right ways
NIGEL 1̾9̾9̾0̾ and boring people like boring comedians
He's not really funny . His words are just relatable but not that funny. Dave Chappelle though....lord have mercy on my lungs
Not quite as polished as what we're used to seeing, but still you can see his genius seven years before his show. Thanks for providing this.
Witnessing the birth of a legend. This was amazing.
Underrated line but got no laughs, "I bought some socks, whichhh I've had before."
That's like saying "Gee, I guess I have to by toilet paper again..."
That's like saying "Gee, I guess I have to buy toilet paper again..."
Timing was a bit early
@@blahblahblahblahbla2705 Who would of guessed that 3 months ago you could just go out and buy toilet paper like it was an abundant commodity?
There's something to be said about life before the internet. It was the greatest of times.
You're a white man, aren't you?
/ It was the worst of times.
The world will always remember when we met Jerry Stienfeld!
Pretty cool how you can see how precise he is with his act. Nothing is left to chance. He's not nearly as smooth in his earlier years, that gives opportunity to see how he does his thing.
Good lord, 65 cents for a card?
The jokes are weak but he already had the delivery mastered.
i disagree, i thought the jokes were great, just clean and non offending... but thats jerry's style
His jokes are apt for the time. You have to remember TV in America back then was very controlled regarding content with their Christian type regulations. But that has been Jerry’s smart approach for mass marketing, so he even did quite well in the Bible Belt states, where a lot of comics never performed or were shown.
That sums up Jerry Seinfeld's style in general. Ive never laughed too hard at a Seinfeld joke, he's not the best writer and keeps it tame. His delivery is certainly master-class though.
zalllon Comedy was considerably raunchier back in this time. It’s this day & age that’s gotten all uptight, to the point that comedians won’t even play colleges anymore. Look at Bob Saget’s performances that were basically 15 minutes of jokes about necrophilia & molesting children. Look at old episodes of All in the Family, or The Jeffersons. You couldn’t even put that on ACPBC, CBS or NBC nowadays, people would be beyond offended & flooding twitter, demanding the show be taken off the air. This was also on HBO, so the broadcasting has nothing to do with it. The whole ‘Christian’ thing didn’t really start until the mid 90’s, as a reaction to the Clinton administration. The Christian Coalition & Newt Gingrich all came out of that time.
Timeless, clean comedy. Seinfeldian humor.
Just as good 40 years ago as he is today. This guy is amazing.